The evening world., 1887-12-02
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Tubac, O small town In Pima County, Art.,
claims to be the Oldest settlement In the United
States. It's town records extend back to 1889.
The young sons of John Burdick, of Aledo, H.,
found thirty snake eggs and hatched them in tho
sun. They now have thirty little spotted adders,
all as tame as kittens, which they feed on milk.
The various counties of Florida pay q bounty Of
% for every wildcat killed within the county lin
Its, but this year there has been such q drain on
their treasures from this source that 1t ia proposed
to abolish the bounty.
1t is alleged that Allen M. Peeler, of Scott
County, Ind. went into the barn of Almond Phil
lips, his %neigbbor, and taking his horses tail in his
hands deliberately and maliciously broke 1t in two.
Phillips has sued Reeler for $500 damages
A hot weather story that comes rather late
in the season from Buffalo Gap, Wyo. is that
q patch of peanuts growing In q garden there
were matured and roasted by the SUMS rays
one hot day during the latter part of the summer.
Miss May Merrill has been admitted to the Bar
Of Sedgwick County, Kan, and Mrs. Bitten
bender and Mrs. Fanny OHM have been licensed
to practise law In Dawes County, Neb. The last
named ladies are the first women to be admitted to
the Bar In Nebraska,
A letter yellow with age and almost undecipher-
able was found in q crevice of the wall In the
~ wv Nv SffON e~ s"S NNaS- soy ~
had been written by a wounded soldier who had
been cared for in the building when 1t was used as
a hospital In war times.
Mrs. johnson Newman, OF Jasper, Tex, heard
her dogs baying the other evening, and going out
OF doors she found that they had driven o hand.
some buck deer into a corner Of the fence near the
house. Procuring an axe, she dealt the animal
two powerful blows on the head and killed It.
The discovery Of water at Ration, N. NJ, by the
sinking of an artesian well Is hailed with delight
by the settlers in that part Of the Territory. 1t Ia
now thought that water may be found on the Max
well land grant, and If such should prove 10 be the
case the land viii be greatly increased In value.
William Dunlap, of Chinicothe, NO., had been
Ill for several weeks, and last Friday he felt sure
called In his daughter and her betrothed, and had
them married at his bedside. He gave the young
couple his blessing, and in the evening he was
dead.
The Piute Indians of Nevada are just now en-
gagged in their annual rabbit hunt. 1t is their cua-
tom to form a circle ten or twelve miles In diameter
and gradually contract 1t until large numbers OF
rabbits have been driven together In the centre.
Then the slaughter begins, the little animals being
killed In thousands.
The great cottonwood trees in the swamps Of
Tennessee contain veins Of clear, sparkling water
which tastes someWha like unsweetened soda
water ana which spurts forth as II under gaseous
pressure when a vein is punctured. Il Ia said to
be deliciously refreshing, and hunters are In the
habit Of carrying gimlets with which TO pierce the
veins when they are thirsty. It is q point Of honor
with them to plug mp the oridce when their thirst
issatisned, 80 that the next conner may not be dis
appointed.